Health Expenditure

87% of Indians believe increased financial uncertainty in 5 years: Report

Currently, family expenses, with an uncertainty score of 78, are the biggest concern among Indians, followed by health and life-related worries

Out of pocket expenditure projected to fall to 35% by FY26: Health secy

"Government interventions such as increase in expenditure via schemes has led to people saving more than Rs 5 trillion", he added

People spending over 10% of their income on health increased in FY23

The data was released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on the progress of sustainable development goals (SDGs) on Thursday

Out-of-pocket expenditure in health sector sees 16% decline in 2020: Report

A consistent decline in the share of out-of-pocket expenditure in total health expenditure has been recorded from 62.6 per cent in 2014-15 to 47.1 per cent in 2019-20, according to the National Health Accounts Estimates 2019-20 released on Tuesday. During the same period, the government health expenditure (GHE) as a share of the total health expenditure (THE) increased from 29 per cent to 41.4 per cent, the data stated. Overall, the government health expenditure as per cent of GDP has increased over the years from 1.13 per cent in 2014-15 to 1.35 per cent in 2019-20. For the same period, GHE as per cent of general government expenditure (GGE) has increased from 3.94 per cent to 5.02 per cent. In per capita terms, GHE has doubled from Rs 1,108 to Rs 2,014 between 2014-15 to 2019-20. The government spending on health between 2018-19 and 2019-20 increased by 12 per cent, more than double the growth rate between 2017-18 and 2018-19 which was at 5 per cent, said Dr V K Paul, Member ...

Out-of-pocket health spend share falls, govt expenditure rises: NHA

The trend of private health insurance is also showing an upward trend, rising from 3.7 per cent in 2014-15 to 7 per cent in 2019-20

NHA shows effectiveness of govt's increasing expenditure on health care

The current trends in the nature of the health expenditure in India vindicate the multiple steps taken by the Union government to increase access to healthcare services in the country

Patients' out-of-pocket medical bill spend declined in 2018-19, shows data

The NHA 2018-19 highlighted that the Centre's expenditure on the National Health Mission was Rs 30,578 crore

Govt health expenditure fell from 1.35% of GDP in 2018 to 1.28% in 2019

The government's health expenditure as a percentage of the GDP fell from 1.35 in 2017-18 to 1.28 in the next year, according to the data released on Monday. While the Centre's share in the total government health expenditure fell to 34.3 per cent in 2018-19, from 40.8 per cent in the previous year, the states' share during the same period rose from 59.2 per cent to 65.7 per cent, the latest national health estimates showed. In the same period, the out-of-pocket expenditure as a percentage of the total health expenditure also fell from 48.8 to 48.2. However, when compared with the figures of 2013-14, the out-of-pocket expenditure on health decreased substantially by 16 percentage points from 64.2 per cent. Out-of-pocket expenditures are expenditures directly made by households at the point of receiving healthcare. This indicates the extent of financial protection available for households towards healthcare payments. When it comes to the total health expenditure, it fell to 3.2 per

Shortage of administrative capacity leading to underspending by states

CAG audits show that more than lack of funds, it's the shortage of administrative capacity that leads to underspending on health and education

Pollution costs India nearly as much as govt health expenditure: Study

Air pollution kills more men than women, while it's the other way round for water pollution

Story in Numbers: Uttarakhand sees highest allocation for health

In 2021-22, Uttarakhand allocated 5.12 per cent of its total Budget (Rs 3,438.84 crore) to health

Union Budget 2022: How the India's social sector gets short shrift

Government allocations on health and education do not meet its targets and consistently fall short in terms of actual spending

Budget 2022: Can the finance minister solve India's health challenges?

History shows that the country can achieve ambitious targets in health

Budget 2022: Despite Covid pandemic, health no longer the highlight

Vaccination allocation for FY22-23 at only Rs 5,000 crore against Rs 39,000 crore for FY22

Economy in stagflation; Budget must tax the wealthiest: Jayati Ghosh

Economy faces 'massive problem' of poor demand and corporations acknowledge that, says the economist.

Full onus on states to ensure optimal utilisation of ECRP-II funds: Centre

The Centre on Friday asked states and UTs to ensure full and optimal utilisation of ECRP-II funds through daily reviews and to upload the expenditure on the dedicated NHM PMS portal

The infrastructure push

Higher expenditure will be needed to sustain recovery

Health expenditure's share in GDP down, out-of-pocket expense also declines

Experts said govt's target of raising the healthcare allocation to 2.5% of the GDP, would enable a further decline in out-of-pocket spending

Govt health expenditure share in GDP increases from 1.15% to 1.35%

There has been an increase in the share of government health expenditure in the total GDP of the country, according to the National Health Account Estimate report

Centre exempts tax on expenses incurred for Covid-19 treatment

This exemption is applicable to any amount paid by the employer, and limited to Rs 10 lakh if received from any other person, the finance ministry notified